Should a Christian ever now before a carved image? What if the North Koreans said they're only venerating what these statues represent?

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Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 01:11:13 30aa6c No.674752

Should a Christian ever now before a carved image? What if the North Koreans said they're only venerating what these statues represent?

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 01:16:34 913d7c No.674755

Someone must be false flagging /leftpol/, i don't like /leftypol/ but to make such an obvious communist thread after the idea was discussed in the meta thread is interesting.

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 02:33:15 c155ab No.674789

>>674752

On today's episode of "/pol/ pretends to be /leftypol/"

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 04:52:26 49512a No.674830

>>674752

Honoring Communism isn't consistent with Christianity. Building statues in respect to good things people have actually done, and even paying some kind of honors to them, so long as it doesn't contradict Christian commandments or cosmology, is acceptable.

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 04:54:38 777ef9 No.674832

>>674752

>venerating what these statues represent

>venerating atheistic communism

Nope

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 05:04:28 7ee6ef No.674834

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>>674752

There are statues of great men in every country, and all of them are venerated, even, regrettably, the Kim dynasty. The Norks are atheists, so we must assume that the statues are being venerated, not worshiped, and one could use that excuse I suppose if one were an indoctrinated atheist North Korean serf.

My objection, more to the point, is that these are not great men, they are brutal sadists, people who by their actions in life are removed to the furthest extremity from the ideal of the Christian Saint.

So what is this thread about exactly?

Christanon 07/14/18 (Sat) 05:32:41 6b4d42 No.674843

>>674752

No Christian would venerate materialism, covetousness, and tyranny.

Christanon 07/15/18 (Sun) 02:40:00 8eb484 No.675268

as long as it's not worship it's fine, nothing wrong with venerating.

Christanon 07/15/18 (Sun) 03:03:25 777ef9 No.675273

>>675268

depends what ur venerating tbh

Christanon 07/15/18 (Sun) 11:23:20 2aafec No.675380

The only true image of God is Jesus, whose images we show the veneration they're due (since the honor given to the image transfers to the prototype). The saints reflect the light of Christ and so we show their images the honor they're due.

So, OP, are those two dudes saints?

Christanon 07/15/18 (Sun) 11:30:04 ad134c No.675386

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>>674789

Christanon 07/15/18 (Sun) 11:39:48 5e06b8 No.675395

>>674789

>>675386

Who's to say it's not /leftypol/ pretending to be /pol/ pretending to be /leftypol/?